China has bolstered economic ties with countries around the world through its "Belt and Road" program. NPR's Scott Simon asks the European University Institute's Giulio Pugliese about it. President ...

On July 1, a cargo train from western China reached Chancay, Peru — a symbolic milestone in Beijing’s quieter but sharper new global infrastructure strategy. As the Belt and Road Initiative evolves, ...

BEIJING (AP) — China's Belt and Road Initiative looks to become smaller and greener after a decade of big projects that boosted trade but left big debts and raised environmental concerns. The shift ...

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China sought to put a gentler face on its massive plan to recreate the old Silk Road at a summit that ended on Saturday, saying it must do more to explain the programme and boost sustainability even ...

In 2019, Italy became the first European Union member – and the only G-7 state – to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Four years later, now under a new government, Italy is seeking not to ...

The Belt and Road Policy is a political, not an economic, program. The policy will disrupt 'New China' progress. The strategy is old China at its best — masquerading as something new. What is China’s ...

Writing for the British think tank Chatham House, Lee Jones and Shahar Hameiri challenge a proposition that has become commonplace: China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is primarily a geostrategic ...

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Syria has officially joined China's intercontinental Belt and Road Initiative, defying strict U.S. sanctions in hopes of securing a lifeline for lucrative investment in a country still ravaged by more ...